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The Prime Minister’s Affair in paperback

July 13th, 2023

The paperback of The Prime Minister’s Affair will be published (in gold!) on the 14th of September. The 14th is a day when important things happen. Handel finished ‘The Messiah’; …

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The Great White

February 27th, 2023

I was so amazed by this photograph of the Dowlais Great White Spoil Tip I worked it into chapter one of The Prime Minister’s Affair. It dominated Merthyr Tydfil until …

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The Prime Minister’s Affair in paperback

September 8th, 2023

The paperback is published on September 14th, and according to the publisher and my favourite readers it is a ‘gripping and immersive historical thriller from the author of Witchfinder, based on the …

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July 13th, 2023

MILAN KUNDERA TRIBUTE Incredibly sorry to learn of the death of Czech/French writer Milan Kundera. Was he was the greatest writer of the 20th Century not to be awarded the …

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25 May 1930: On This Day

May 25th, 2023

Before the new Public Order Act, before the republican protest at the Coronation, before Home Secretary Suella Braverman… On this day in May 1930, the arrest and imprisonment of protestors …

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A Blog on Rosa in New York

March 30th, 2023

Rosa Rosenberg was one of the fascinating characters I came across researching The Prime Minister’s Affair. My interest in this clever, redoubtable champion of the Labour Party, Votes for Women, …

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On this Day

March 22nd, 2023

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will attempt to convince the Privileges Committee that he didn’t lie to parliament. By a strange coincidence – the sort that politics throws up all …

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Anniversary of assassination of Tsar Alexander 2

March 13th, 2023

God, don’t you hate it when authors plug their back catalogues? Well, forgive me, but on this day in 1881, the Emperor of Russia, Alexander ll was assassinated in Petersburg …

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A Spy Among Friends

November 29th, 2022

Looking forward to the new ITV drama, ‘A Spy Among Friends’, the story of British super spy Kim Philby and his university and MI6 mate, Nicholas Elliott. A great cast …

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Sarah Ward Review

August 22nd, 2022

  Super blog review of The PM’s Affair by author of the D C Childs crime series, Sarah Ward: ‘As I’d expect from Williams, the story was compelling and full of rich …

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